Extreme Altitude Wines

A handful of Calchaqui Valley Winemakers are currently producing wines from vineyards at the very limits of where grapes can be grown.

These vineyards are located in extremely isolated locations, making the time, resources and costs of sustaining the vineyards a challenge for even the most ardent oenologist.

Yet the superior quality of the wines produced warrants the effort as the more extreme temperature variations, higher levels of solar radiation and the long maturation period results in highly concentrated and complex wines.

In descending order of the vintners making wines from the world’s five highest vineyards, all of which are located in the Calchaqui valley, home to the up and coming Argentine wine town of Cafayate:

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